Table 2.
The incidence of cytomixis in P. sativum in PMCs exposed to different concentrations of ME, IM and CL for 3 h.
| Concent ration (%). | No. of cells in cytomixis | Types |
No. of cells showing cytomixis at various stages of meiosis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | CC | PI | MI | AI | TI | ||
| 0.0 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 |
| ME | |||||||
| 0.1 | 55.23 ± 6.62** | 25.11 ± 4.23** | 30.12 ± 5.52** | 0.99 ± 0.02** | 0.65 ± 0.02** | 1.25 ± 0.23** | 0.82 ± 0.06** |
| 0.2 | 72.11 ± 11.32** | 30.22 ± 5.72 ** | 42.52 ± 7.82** | 1.45 ± 0.24** | 0.88 ± 0.05** | 1.94 ± 0.64** | 0.99 ± 0.04** |
| 0.3 | 92.88 ± 8.82** | 38.45 ± 6.12** | 54.33 ± 9.23** | 1.98 ± 0.08** | 0.97 ± 0.07** | 2.25 ± 0.54** | 1.97 ± 0.064** |
| 0.4 | 1.08.12 ± 16.1** | 40.32 ± 5.32** | 68.45 ± 10.12** | 2.99 ± 0.90** | 1.12 ± 0.24** | 3.25 ± 0.98** | 2.45 ± 0.59** |
| 0.5 | 119.32 ± 19.2** | 41.45 ± 5.32** | 78.45 ± 12.48** | 3.78 ± 1.10 ** | 2.73 ± 0.98** | 4.98 ± 1.15 ** | 3.75 ± 0.98** |
| IM | |||||||
| 0.1 | 48.11 ± 7.62** | 23.43 ± 4.79** | 25.11 ± 4.32** | 0.88 ± 0.04** | 1.99 ± 0.98 ** | 0.50 ± 0.01** | 0.99 ± 0.06** |
| 0.2 | 58.52 ± 5.21** | 22.23 ± 3.28** | 36.25 ± 4.89** | 0.98 ± 0.08** | 1.01 ± 0.52** | 0.90 ± 0.030** | 1.25 ± 0.32** |
| 0.3 | 64.32 ± 6.12** | 29.45 ± 5.12** | 35.43 ± 6.32** | 1.00 ± 0.04** | 1.35 ± 0.62** | 1.00 ± 0.077** | 2.15 ± 0.62** |
| 0.4 | 81.51 ± 10.12** | 34.15 ± 4.15** | 47.44 ± 5.23** | 1.52 ± 0.25** | 1.45 ± 0.52** | 2.15 ± 0.50** | 3.15 ± 1.00** |
| 0.5 | 93.72 ± 9.15** | 40.22 ± 6.88** | 53.32 ± 6.40** | 2.17 ± 0.98** | 2.73 ± 0.89** | 2.99 ± 0.71** | 4.15 ± 1.10** |
| CL | |||||||
| 0.1 | 53.23 ± 6.12** | 30.77 ± 4.23** | 3.52 ± 4.23** | 0.63 ± 0.03** | 0.34 ± 0.03** | 0.15 ± 0.30** | 0.76 ± 0.01** |
| 0.2 | 59.44 ± 8.78** | 39.67 ± 5.40** | 20.12 ± 5.40** | 0.65 ± 0.02** | 0.76 ± 0.02** | 0.26 ± 0.04** | 0.78 ± 0.06** |
| 0.3 | 64.53 ± 5.23** | 40.55 ± 6.70** | 25.52 ± 6.70** | 1.53 ± 0.33** | 0.76 ± 0.02** | 0.46 ± 0.04** | 0.87 ± 0.04** |
| 0.4 | 79.55 ± 6.45** | 50.33 ± 4.60** | 29.77 ± 4.80** | 1.20 ± 0.66** | 0.96 ± 0.06** | 0.66 ± 0.03** | 1.55 ± 0.22** |
| 0.5 | 85.32 ± 10.12** | 47.44 ± 7.23** | 38.78 ± 3.20** | 1.30 ± 0.88** | 1.01 ± 0.09** | 0.91 ± 0.11** | 1.80 ± 0.54** |
Data are mean of three replicates ± SE. 0.0 = Control group, PI = Prophase I, MI = Metaphase I, AI = Anaphase I, TI = Telophase I; Total no. of PMCs Observed = 250.
*p < 0.05 compared to control
**
p < 0.01 compared to control